Impacts of Social Networks: “Children are increasingly exposed to traumatic content”

Report of the event I am Friday revealed how social networks can interfere in the lives of young children, putting them in situations they are not emotionally ready to manage, sometimes without their parents' awareness.

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Two experts confirmed in an interview on the show balance sheet Real risks associated with social networks.

“These traumas that we experience at the age of five, six, seven are unimaginable to a child; I cannot compare with our time, children are increasingly exposed to traumatic content, and then they do not have the ability to manage it emotionally,” explains psychoeducational teacher, trainer and speaker Marco Mailhaut.

He said children may avoid talking about disturbing content online for fear of taking away their tablets and other electronic devices.

“If I want to keep the pleasure I have, I must not tell anyone who has the power to take it away from me, so I will keep it as a small secret garden, which is very invasive, and it may appear later. School,” highlights the psychological educator.

Many countries around the world are paying more attention to the impact of social media on young people.

Benoît Gauthier is the author of research on the psychological effects associated with the use of screens.

It concludes that there is a strong link between screens in bedrooms and the risk of academic failure.

“Screens in rooms lead to less supervised, more isolated, isolated use; it increases exposure, studies show this. It makes exposure to highly inappropriate content more optimal,” explains Mr. Gauthier.

According to the researcher, screen time not only leads to poor academic performance, but can also marginalize young people socially.

“This is the whole aspect of displaced time. The more unsupervised use there is, the more significant the use, and this displaced time is ultimately stolen from time that could be invested in academic learning and social learning,” the researcher explains.

To get the full opinion of the two guests, listen to their interview in the video at the beginning of the article.